About Our Awards

The CPWQA offers Awards each year, but we need your help finding qualified applicants. Links to additional information and forms can be found below. There are years in which Awards are not awarded because no qualified nominations were received so take a few minutes and submit a nomination.

AWARDS

Do you know someone that does a great job at work?
Do you know someone that came up with a great idea to make things more efficient, or better for the environment?
Are you proud of your facility and the processes you use?

If so, why not let others know? Submit a nomination for a CPWQA Award.

PLEASE download a "fillable" copy of the: Award Nomination Form (Safety Awards nomination forms are separate and can be found below)

Awards Criteria:

C. Eber Wingert Clean Streams Award
To be awarded to a section member for specific and notable contributions toward clean streams, or continued dedication and work toward clean streams in any capacity. This could be in operations, engineering, management, regulation and monitoring, education, legislation, public opinion or other related area, etc.

Operator Excellence Award (formerly Outstanding Operator Award)
1) Large Plant, Discharging over 2-MGD
2) Small Plant, Discharging under 2-MGD
Qualifications
1. Must be a certified operator
2. Must be currently operating a wastewater treatment facility
3. Has demonstrated outstanding performance as an operator or continued quality performance, or developed and shared useful and innovative techniques for plant operation.

James J. Whitty Outstanding Service Award
Qualifications:
1. Must be a section member.
2. Must have served the section in an exemplar fashion such as: committee work, effective officer, or by accomplishing something for the section.

Certificate of Appreciation
To be awarded to an organization for their contribution to the section.
Qualifications:
1. Time and manpower for section functions.
2. Service performed for the section.
3. Donations to the section form of door prizes, money, etc.

Ned Sams Meritorious Award
To be awarded to a member or non-member who has distinguished himself or herself by contributing to the clean water effort. The Ned Sams Meritorious Award has also been used as special recognition, given to a section member for any laudable accomplishment not otherwise covered such as support or office staff work, i.e. maintenance, collection system, laboratory, solid waste, etc.

Laboratory Excellence Award
To be awarded to a person who has demonstrated outstanding or continued quality performance in a laboratory position.
Qualifications:
1. This is an individual award.
2. Must hold a full time laboratory position.
3. Has demonstrated outstanding performance in a laboratory position or continued quality performance, or developed and shared useful and innovated techniques for laboratory operations.

Collection System Excellence Award
To be awarded to a person who has demonstrated outstanding or continued quality performance in a collection system position.
Qualifications:
1. This is an individual award.
2. Must hold a full time collection system position.
3. Has demonstrated outstanding performance in a laboratory position or continued quality performance, or developed and shared useful and innovative techniques for collection systems operations.

Maintenance Excellence Award
To be awarded to a person who has demonstrated outstanding or continued quality performance in maintenance systems operations.
Qualifications/Accomplishments:
1. This is an individual award.
2. Must hold a full time maintenance position.
3. Has demonstrated outstanding performance in a maintenance position or continued quality performance, or developed and shared useful and innovative techniques for maintenance system operations.

SAFETY AWARDS

PLEASE download a copy of the: Wastewater Plant Safety Award Nomination Form

PLEASE download a copy of the: Collection System Safety Award Nomination Form

Safety - Collection System
This award recognizes collection systems which have demonstrated excellence in the development and implementation of safety programs.

Safety - Facility Class I and Class II
This award recognizes facilities which have demonstrated excellence in the development and implementation of safety programs

Annual Safety Awards Competition 

Everyone is strongly encouraged to submit nominations. The deadline to submit nominations is April 30th.